202(2)5 - dems in disarray thread

So looking like the Dems will get creamed in the House, Senate and the states in 2022…is there anything we can do.  Or do we just get popcorn and watch it all burn

Hershel is polling 4 points over warnock
Leading dem Finkenauer  off Democratic primary ballot in Iowa
Fla, new residents are overwhelmingly MAGA at the same time Florida legislators give DeSantis their power to draw House map

what other depressing news do we have

Are Democrats in disarray?

I mean they are going to get creamed but I think it’s due to a combination of factors some of which are beyond Democrat control

Starsky wrote:
Are Democrats in disarray?

they are if they  cede power to the GQP at state and federal levels

NYtimes pitchbot love this phrase, so I'm stealing it from them

I think a majority of the American people are in disarray.

People get the government they deserve.

Yes some of these are old, but the headline that keeps on giving

Are Democrats Really in Disarray?
Anxiety vs. reality By Molly Jong-Fast

Opinion | The Roots of Democratic DisarrayOpinion by JEFF GREENFIELD

NYmag has a tag
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/tags/democrats-in-disarray/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/30/people-used-to-joke-about-democrats-in-disarray-theyre-not-joking-now/

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/14/democrats-in-disarray/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/opinion/dems-in-disarray.html

welp, I think I found the fix

Nasa spots record breaking, huge comet headed towards Earth

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOkalahoma where the laws are getting stricter every day

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor signs near total abortion ban into law. It’s now a felony to perform an abortion in the state, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

It’s the most restrictive abortion law in the United States.

Algospeak-hatch wrote:

Leading dem Finkenauer  off Democratic primary ballot in Iowa

Thankfully this got reversed
But can Abby beat a 89 year old for a 6 year term

I, ignore politics now.

I'm happier, and couldn't give a shit who's in charge. Except Trump; fuck him, still.

+1

Really !?!?

Have you not been paying attention to what’s happening in Jesusland destined to hit the rest of the country ?

I.e.. firing squads in NC, math textbooks being rejected in Florida for teaching critical race theory, a bill passed in Kentucenesee that makes it a crime for the unhoused to live under bridges, public libraries and education under attack, abortion being banned… up next going after gay and mixed race marriage

Basically destroying what few gains have been made and all the advantages these selfish aging baby boomers were given

Yes far to much time spent on Twitter

Spent a few days in Asheville…great food I thought..

Forms part of NC’s 11th congressional district whose last three representatives have been Heath Schuler, Mark Meadows and Madison Cawthorn…. Sort of sums up the evolution of American politics over the past twenty years right there…

Read a local paper and wanted to cry…type of things like a letter to the editor asking Biden to resign and turn over power to Ron Johnson, Rubio etc…crazy columns focused on the left being a bigger danger to America than Russia or China…

So what’s the point of worrying about this stuff? Better invest your time looking into options to emigrate or something.

I don't think all 80 million people who voted for Biden have the resources to emigrate.

My heart breaks for the Americans who will not be able to make it out. I wish they had it as easy as the Ukrainian people.

Starsky wrote:
Spent a few days in Asheville…great food I thought..

Forms part of NC’s 11th congressional district whose last three representatives have been Heath Schuler, Mark Meadows and Madison Cawthorn…. Sort of sums up the evolution of American politics over the past twenty years right there…

Read a local paper and wanted to cry…type of things like a letter to the editor asking Biden to resign and turn over power to Ron Johnson, Rubio etc…crazy columns focused on the left being a bigger danger to America than Russia or China…

So what’s the point of worrying about this stuff? Better invest your time looking into options to emigrate or something.

Asheville is super gerrymandered if you look at a map. Asheville/Black Mountain/Arden are wildly progressive (only the Raleigh-Durham triangle is moreso in NC), they're just tossed into a map with a bunch of WNC that waters down the city so much that GOP have the district on lock. A major point of contention.

It's funny to think that the town I associate with Billy Graham (Black Mountain) leans liberal.

Oh yeah I get that…read all about it trying to understand the district


But ultimately the point is the American people have lost their darn minds. Biden approval rating in the 30s?

Space wrote:
It's funny to think that the town I associate with Billy Graham (Black Mountain) leans liberal.

Montreat (about 3 miles from Black Mountain) is where he lived and that's the weird Bible community out there. Black Mountain (while still with some older residents) has become an artist community. Lots of under 40 liberals out there living in the woods.

US economy grew at annualized rate of 6.9% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and jobs are everywhere yet people act like we are in a Great Depression or something.

Ok nobody likes inflation but what did you think would happen when you got those stimulus checks?

Julian, wrote:

Space wrote:
It's funny to think that the town I associate with Billy Graham (Black Mountain) leans liberal.

Montreat (about 3 miles from Black Mountain) is where he lived and that's the weird Bible community out there. Black Mountain (while still with some older residents) has become an artist community. Lots of under 40 liberals out there living in the woods.

This indicated that Montreat still leans Blue in spite of they biblialness.

https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/north_carolina/montreat


Anyway, I drove to upstate NY this past weekend.

Some things I saw:

Someone flying a Confederate flag alongside a US flag. How does that even make sense?
Someone else with a Trump 2024 "Take American Back" sign on their lawn.
A billboard in PA that said "Thank you Joe Manchin and Kysten Sinema, for Keeping America Great."